Karnaphuli police have arrested four men with 9,900 yaba pills at the police checkpost beside the toll plaza at the eastern end of the Karnaphuli Tunnel in Chattogram.
They were arrested on Sunday (15 November) during a search on the paved road in front of the checkpost.
The arrested men are Md Shipon, 38, Md Raisul Islam Ratul, 21, Md Sajib, 26, and Md Rakib Mia, 23. Shipon is from the Jatrabari area of Dhaka, Ratul and Rakib from the Sabujbagh area of Dhaka, and Sajib from Wazirpur upazila in Barishal, though he had been living in the Basabo area of Dhaka.
Police said the operation was carried out under the overall direction of Md Amirul Islam, deputy commissioner of the Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Port Division, and the supervision of Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Sohel Rana and Assistant Commissioner Nafis Insan. Sub-Inspector (unarmed) Md Zakir Hossain and his team arrested the men while on duty at Tunnel Checkpost-54, under the leadership of Nur Ahmed, officer in charge (OC) of Karnaphuli Police Station.
A case has been filed against the four at Karnaphuli Police Station under section 36(1), table 10(c), and sections 38 and 41 of the Narcotics Control Act, 2018. They were later sent to court.
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